The process of fragrance/perfume making is close to invisible from the outside, I thought it was worth pulling back the curtain a little, not to explain the mechanics, but to share the natural ingredients that keep showing up in my…
I have been thinking about this because the phrase handmade fragrance gets used a lot, and I am not always sure people mean the same thing when they say it. For some it means a small batch. For some it…
The word niche perfumery, as it is currently used, no longer tells you anything useful about what is inside the bottle.
The “violacciocca”, or Brompton Stock, as it turns out emits a sweet, narcotic fragrance. A bold hit of clove, a touch of dark honey, and, of course, green, stemy notes. Carnation comes immediately to mind for the explicit clove note.
